{"id":76898,"date":"2026-04-15T03:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/boy-3-dead-after-wandering-from-home-around-midnight\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:52:45","slug":"boy-3-dead-after-wandering-from-home-around-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/boy-3-dead-after-wandering-from-home-around-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 3, Dead After Wandering From Home Around Midnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A 3-year-old child from Wisconsin who went missing from home in the middle of the night was found dead the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>The toddler has not been publicly identified. However, New London, Wisconsin police issued a missing persons post via Facebook on Monday, April 13, and shared a photo of the young boy. Authorities said that he was last seen near a middle school around midnight.<\/p>\n<p>In the post, the boy was described as standing 3-foot and having brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing an orange Chicago Bears shirt and a diaper.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not name the school where the child was last seen in their press release, though WLUK and WFRV reported that it was New London Middle School.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Louisville-Metro-Police-Department-Neighborhood-Dog-Leads-Police-Officers-to-Missing-3-Year-Old-Boy.jpg?crop=0px%2C383px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Louisville Metro Police Department Neighborhood Dog Leads Police Officers to Missing 3 Year-Old Boy\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Louisville-Metro-Police-Department-Neighborhood-Dog-Leads-Police-Officers-to-Missing-3-Year-Old-Boy.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Hero&#8217; Dog Leads Police to 3-Year-Old Missing in Kentucky Neighborhood<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA barking neighborhood dog became an \u201cunexpected hero\u201d when the canine led police officers straight to a missing 3-year-old boy during a search for the Kentucky toddler, authorities said. In a Monday, February 9, Facebook post crediting the \u201cvery good dog,\u201d the Louisville Metro Police Department published a video that includes body camera footage of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The young boy reportedly wandered about four blocks away from his family\u2019s home after his dad checked on him around midnight, according to WLUK. Police were then contacted around 5 a.m. regarding his disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>He was reportedly found in the Wolf River at 7:17 a.m. and was transported to ThedaCare-New London facility, where he was later pronounced dead, according to WFRV. It is not currently known how long the boy was in the water or how he got there.<\/p>\n<p>The New London Police Department did not immediately respond to <em>Us Weekly<\/em>\u2019s request for comment regarding the boy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Faucher<\/strong>, who owns local store Johnny\u2019s Little Shop of Bait, spoke to WSAW about the incident, explaining that he saw police activity near the river after an Amber Alert was issued for the boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw drones. We saw lots of county squads, city squads,\u201d Faucher told the outlet. \u201cI think we had a lot of inter-agency support from other communities here in town. Being right here, so close to the middle school, there was a lot of that presence right here, right away in the morning. Before it even got light out, there were teams out looking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emilie-Kiser-Husband-Brady-Charged-With-Child-Abuse-After-Son-Death-F1.jpg?crop=0px%2C228px%2C1080px%2C610px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Emilie-Kiser-Husband-Brady-Charged-With-Child-Abuse-After-Son-Death-F1.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Emilie-Kiser-Husband-Brady-Charged-With-Child-Abuse-After-Son-Death-F1.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Inside Emilie Kiser\u2019s Son\u2019s Redacted Police Report<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNew details surrounding the drowning death of Emilie and Brady Kiser\u2019s son Trigg, 3, have emerged following the release of the redacted police report. The documents, obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, August 8, detail the events that led up to Trigg\u2019s death on May 18 after he was pulled unconscious from a pool at [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Faucher also said that there were recent flooding concerns near Wolf River, with water levels now above 10 feet. He added that the conditions on the river are not normal for this time of year, which has caused concern for nearby business owners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt hit up to 10.26 feet, which is getting pretty close to where we get really nervous,\u201d Faucher said. \u201cWe\u2019re sandbagging here, just because we know it probably could come back up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The current is strong and water levels are higher than normal due to the recent rain, according to Faucher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look dangerous, but this is [a] pretty dangerous current level for even healthy people,\u201d he said. \u201cDefinitely don\u2019t recommend being anywhere around it without life jackets. You can pinch your hands in docks and different things, and things appear slowly when they\u2019re floating down towards you, but they come with pretty good momentum at 10,000 cubic feet per second.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 3-year-old child from Wisconsin who went missing from home in the middle of the night was found dead the next morning. The toddler has not been publicly identified. However, New London, Wisconsin police issued a missing persons post via Facebook on Monday, April 13, and shared a photo of the young boy. 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